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| author | Biktagirov, Timur Schmidt, Wolf Gero Schiller, Karl Jakob Capra, Michele Nitschke, Jonah Elias Sternemann, Lasse Isaeva, Anna Cinchetti, Mirko |
| author_facet | Biktagirov, Timur Schmidt, Wolf Gero Schiller, Karl Jakob Capra, Michele Nitschke, Jonah Elias Sternemann, Lasse Isaeva, Anna Cinchetti, Mirko |
| contents | Understanding and controlling native defects is essential for unlocking the full potential of two-dimensional magnetic semiconductors. Here, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and first-principles calculations are used to explore the electronic properties of bulk CrSBr. ARPES measurements reveal clear signatures of conduction band filling in as-grown crystals, indicative of unintentional doping. An analysis of intrinsic defects based on density functional theory (DFT) identifies chromium interstitials ($Cr_i$) stabilized between CrSBr layers as the most favorable shallow donors. Bromine-on-sulfur antisites ($Br_S$) and bromine vacancies ($V_{Br}$) are also found to act as potential donors, albeit with deeper ionization energies. Our results shed light on the origin of unintentional $\textit{n}$-type doping of CrSBr and pave the way for new strategies for defect control and electronic property tuning in this van der Waals magnet. |
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| spellingShingle | Intrinsic defects as a source of $\textit{n}$-type conductivity in CrSBr Biktagirov, Timur Schmidt, Wolf Gero Schiller, Karl Jakob Capra, Michele Nitschke, Jonah Elias Sternemann, Lasse Isaeva, Anna Cinchetti, Mirko Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Understanding and controlling native defects is essential for unlocking the full potential of two-dimensional magnetic semiconductors. Here, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and first-principles calculations are used to explore the electronic properties of bulk CrSBr. ARPES measurements reveal clear signatures of conduction band filling in as-grown crystals, indicative of unintentional doping. An analysis of intrinsic defects based on density functional theory (DFT) identifies chromium interstitials ($Cr_i$) stabilized between CrSBr layers as the most favorable shallow donors. Bromine-on-sulfur antisites ($Br_S$) and bromine vacancies ($V_{Br}$) are also found to act as potential donors, albeit with deeper ionization energies. Our results shed light on the origin of unintentional $\textit{n}$-type doping of CrSBr and pave the way for new strategies for defect control and electronic property tuning in this van der Waals magnet. |
| title | Intrinsic defects as a source of $\textit{n}$-type conductivity in CrSBr |
| topic | Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06553 |